Felipe Gallegos

Felipe Gallegos (April 2012)

Luis Felipe Gallegos Silva (born 3 December 1991 in Copiapo ) is a Chilean football player.

Career

Felipe Gallegos joined the youth in the Chilean top club Universidad de Chile. Its preferred position is as a left-footed left wing. At age 17, he was first employed in the Primera División. From 2009 to the summer of 2012 played the offensive player over 50 games in national and international competitions for the capital club. Universidad won in the time four of the six possible league title divided into Apertura and Clausura Chilean championship and the 2011 Copa Sudamericana.

These Gallegos also played for the youth teams of the country for the Chilean U-18 and U -20, for which he played in the South American U- 20 Championship.

Move to Europe

After Chinedu Ede had to leave the club in the short term, sought the German second division side 1 FC Union Berlin a substitute for the offensive and therefore borrowed from August 3, 2012 Felipe Gallegos for one year with an option for a three-year commitment from Next. When the DFB Cup match at Rot-Weiss Essen, he was first off the bench for the Berlin and on the third and fourth second division Round he came also used.

Thereafter, however, he snapped to when training and suffered a broken metatarsal, which it turned out for the rest of the season so far. The preparation for the second half was unhappy: After a collision with a teammate he lost with a concussion briefly awareness and also broke her nose. Then he took a long time to get back to catch up and came to the end of the season in only the second team from Union used. Union did not move then the option of a further obligation.

Achievements

• Chilean Champion Apertura and Clausura 2011 and Apertura 2012
• Copa Sudamericana - winner 2011